Binding machine



Aug. 14. 1928.

J.'J. KLUCK BINDING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb; 19, 1926 mvsmon J.d.Kluck Aug. 14. 1928.

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u thi :.,.L.. p 1:" Application filed February 19, 1926, Serial No. 89,465, and in Canada January 25, 1923.

The invention relates to, improvements in.

binding machine, articularly, to improvements associated with the platform and elevators thereof and an object of the invention is, to provide a bindin machine wherein the platform is extends angularly I hfpwardly to underlie the levatoi' thereby av oi ingany possibility of Qss of graiii at the uncture point of the platform and the elevator. r

A fiirther object is to chnstruct the iinproved part of the niachihe so that thel cut grain will be caughtand positively delivered and such that the grain kernelswhich become dislodged from the heads will be collected and denveiea instead of stin ray the greaterpart lost on the field as at the present time occiirs. 1 l M p v A further object of the invention is to provide a binding machine wherein no canvas.

with its inc'ident troubles isu'sed hut o'ne equip ed with chain driven suita ly sp 'c'ed slati'e collectors operating over a s eet metalpan. H

With the above more iniportant o jects in view, the inve tia cens'istsssefit y in the arrangement and construction a: pa'rt'shereina'ft'er more particiilarly described, reference being had to the acebmpany'mg drawin si, in which:

Fig. 1 is wh n longitudinal sectional view centrally thtetgh the pia'tferm and ele vators of a binding machineeqiiipped with myiiivention. Fig. 2. is" a plan view of the arts appearingin Figu're'lg a I Figure 3 is a vertical cross s ec tienal view through the platform and looking towards the bull wheel, the top elevator having been removed.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view at 44 Figure 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the chains and a portion of one of the collectors.

Fig. 6 is a detailed vertical Sectional view showing the manner in which the ends of the collectors are attached to the chain link.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The main frame 1 of the platform presents similar parallel side beams 2 and 3 which are connected on the under side by a guard plate 4 and at the top by a lengthwise corrugated horizontally disposed plate or pan 5. The

ing grain inthe usiia .npnner, asthehiaphine wbi vi at shaft tcustdfii aiy Eiittitg'. kiiif t is" latt -a at the rori of the,

platform and cuts, the standi dra iv itver" the fie a, the; min failihg taken-a1 onto the. cpn-u tcecfptn 5 o the platform in the ordinary manner, itybel 1g here ,u derstood that the customary bin er 16% no hereini shown, is used.

h bull k I l ,wheel 7 of the binder a nd parts ascent-ea therewith are as cnsw iitin used a d un eilie the elevator intheusiia lhway. T esides 81 and 9 of t t elevat s extjehd angular? upwardly from the innerend of the plat orm and, overhang the bull wheel. Ac'cordingto invention, hewever, the cor; rugated plate or pan, 5 is extended beyondthe customary inner end of the platfoi'mcto provide a second lengthwise (:o rrug'ated upwardly inclining y the sides or the t1 "ta er nd it will be here particularlynote that t epansfiiafid 1U" are connfiuous ha.1 a say, there is no transverse openin theiebetween asat present oc'cursbetween the canvas on the usualplatform: aiid the under, inclined elevator,

Th resa frame imrgiesgtwq rotatably mounted e oe shafts 1'1 @412 and the upper endsoj the. elevatorsides s and 9 carry upp r and lo wer ro' atably r'noiinfted, cross shafts 13' and 2 we other sets of stub e121,, 15; age 1 are also 's'ui'fltzibly moun d in the elevator side's a location adjacent 12;: The shafts 11,212, wa d 1 a h p iridd W th n e id frameswith a pairofjs'pficed puli 's O1" 1 611-v tars-17 and 18' p'rovided at or flange 19.

the (inter side with a guard. sinilarcettinutus side ctaifiszfqf steel] are passed around the .rolleis ef the shaft 11 underneath the rollers of the shafts 12 and 15 and around a'pair of similar chain wheels 22 and 23 secured to the shaft 14 which latter shaft is utilized as a drive for the chains.

It will be observed that the rollers on the shaft 15 carry the top sides of the chains at the point where the pan 5 is extended into the pan 10 and that the rollers on the shaft 12 carry the down moving portions of the chains and I might here mention that this latter shaft can be adjust-able so that it will act as a chain tightener.

At suitable intervals in the chains, I provide special links, one of these special links being shown at 24 .in Figures 5 and 6 and wherein it will be observed that the link is pain 10 eXteiidiQngbetWeen fitted with a socket like side extension 25.

Thechains are placed so that thespecial links appear in opposing pairs.

Each pair of these special links carries a slat-like collector 26. which is adapted in the movement of the chains to slide over the up per faces of the pans 5 and 10. I have herein shown these collectors as formed from a comparatively stifi strip of sheet metal'bent to provide an 7 ing the forward edge thereof cut to provide a plurality of downwardly and forwardly inclining spaced fingers 28 and the ends thereof shapecl'to enter the sockets 25 in which they are securely fastened as by rivets 29. v a I The contour of the fingers'and the spaces between the fingers are complementary to the corrugations of the pans with the result that as the collectors are drawn over the pans by the chains, theflanges 27 not only gather and carry the grain delivered onto the platform but the fingers sweep the corrugations of the pans and so collect, carry and deliver the loose kernels of grain and also all short straw which become dislodged from the heads. g

I might here remark that in the binder as at present found on the market, there is an open space between the platform canvas and the elevator canvas with the result that the loose' kernels on the platform canvas arenot discharged to the elevator canvas the ground where they are lost. I might but onto also point out that'the under sides of the chains and the collectors carried thereby pass between the plate 4 and the pan 5, the plate;

acting as an underlying guard.

The shaft 14 which is utilized as the drivei for the chains is provided with a chain wheel 30 and a drive chain '31 passes over this chain wheel, the latter chain being driven by any suitable part of the customary binder drivingjmechanism. The vpan 10 and the chains and collectors associated therewith .form in reality an under inclined: elevator correspond ng to the lnchned undercanvas elevator now used.

upstanding flange 27 and hav- In order to hold the ascending grain in place on the elevator and also to assist in that shown in Figure with the exception that the front edge in advance of the flange 27hes flat and s not cut to provide fingers. The 'uppermchncd elevator is suitably driven in the opposite direction to the underlying el'evat'or.

In the present instance, I have shown the rear ends of the shafts l4: and 13 as fitted with gear wheels 38 and 39 and I have laced between these gear wheels an intermes iing gear wheel 40.

I do not desire to be limited to the precise mechanism utilized for driving the chains,

nor the peculiar manner in which the collectors or cross slatsare connected to the chains, nor to the precise manner in which the various lrame structures are erected, as

all of these may he obviously materially modified without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

In a binding machine, aplatform presenting a lengthwise corrugated grain receiving pan, :1 lower inclined elevator presentin a lengthwise corrugated pan, continuous with the former pan, continuous driven side cha ns associated with the pans, spaced collectors carried by the side chains and preseuting upstanding flanges and downwardly extending spaced fingers complementary to the corrugations and adapted to sweep the corrugations in the movement of the chains.

Signed at \Vinnipeg, this 26 day of January, 1926.

JOHN J. KLUCK. 

